Record player



Oct. 21, 1952 J. ROBINSON ET AL RECORD PLAYER 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 Filed Aug. 9. 1946 Edgar E05Z-7ZSOTI/ Oct. 21, 1952 J ROBINSON ET AL 2,614,844

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Edgar 50517715072 Patented Oct. 21 1952 UNIT-ED STATES PATENT cmcfi 1 i r y I A JackR obinson, .Washington, D.G., andEdga11 aimsto provide -al relatively simple and inexpensive machine for use primarily insmall stores, restaurants and the like, theproprietors of which do not: feel justified in installing an expensive automatic recordplayersuch' asthose commonly known as juke boxes. -The -construction of the invention is suchthat the records are accessibly confined for placing on. and removal from the record driver, yet cannot be removed from; the confining means by any-unauthorized person. without danger-of anyonestealing or breaking records, the customers may play desired selections, for which payment maybe collected, and it ispreferabl'e to collect thispay ment by havingthemotor'of the record driver coin-controlled.

. Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is apers'pective view showingj one form of the invention.

Fig; 2-uis afront elevation partly "broken away andin section.

Fig-331s an end elevation partly broken away and iiisection.

Fig. 4 is a topplan view showing a different form of construction;

5 is a front elevation of the" device shown in Fig. 4. k

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the device illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5.

In the drawings above brieflydescribed, preferences have. been illustrated, and while the construction disclosed will be rather specifically described, attention is invited to the possibility of making: numerous variations within the scope of the invention as claimed.

In the form of construction shown in Figs. 1 to 3, a horizontal rectangular body or casing H3 is shown; having suitable supporting legs H. Within this casing, is afalsebottom l2 preferably having" a-depressed portion l3 at one of its ends 'I wolongitudinalwall members M project upwardly from the false bottom l2 in inwardly spaced parallel relation with the side walls l5 of the casing 10, said members l4 being secured at their ends to the casing end walls l6. Preferably, longitudinal horizontal panels ll extend laterally from the upper edges of the wall members hi to the casing side walls l5.

Bobinsom Richmond, Va,

Application August 9, 1946, Serial No. 689,434

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channel is. shallow vertically, its height-,1 being very much less thanthe diameter of the;- disk I ords is prevented and there is no danger of drop- The side members [4, the portions of the casrecordsused in. the cabinet. In one end, of this channel, a'record player having" theconventional turntable 19 or. other. recordidriver and'theusual arm 26 of; thetranscribing means, are mounted,

and" the remainder of. the. flat and. unobstructed bottom of the channel [8 provides a: storagespace for a pluralityof. records 2 any of: which may be manually placed: upon; the driver I!) for transscriptiOn. The motorof thisdrivcr ispreferably coin-controlled by appropriate means including Mand overlie the records 2|,said top. panels being spaced apart sufficiently to give ample access by hand to said records 2| and to the record driven I9 to permit any record to be placed upon said driver. However, the space between the inner edges of the panels 23 is insufficient to permit the removalof any of the records, even when a record is shifted against one of the. wall members 14 and tilted, as seen in Fig. 3. It is; to be noted from this view thatthe distances between the inner edgesl of the top members" and the diagonally opposite lower corners of the channel. [3' are less than the diameters. of the disk records used in the cabinet. while anyselectedi record may be played, theft of recping any of" them on the floor and breaking them. U

The portion of the bottom l2 which supports the records is preferably covered with felt or the like as shown at 25, and this covering may well extend also to other parts, if desired, to give an attractive interior appearance.

1 Any suitable provision. may be made to per mit an. authorized person to remove and insert records. For illustrative purposes, one of the end walls i6 of the casing I0 is shown as provided with a removable section l6 for this purpose, and said section will of course be normally locked in place by any suitable means. At 26, we have illustrated a screened sound outlet in the front of the box [0, through which the sound waves are emitted .from the usual speaker unit of the transcribing mechanism. However, as most of the top of the channel I8 is 3 open, it would of course be possible to have the sound waves emitted into this channel instead of having a special outlet in the casing.

In Figs. 4, 5 and 6, a casing 21 is shown, said casing having forwardly converging side walls 28, a rear wall 29, and a front wall 30. Within the casing is a false bottom 3 i, and over the front portion of this false bottom, the record driver 32 and arm 33 are mounted. The rear portion of this bottom serves to support the records 34. The casing is provided with a transparent top 35 and access to the records and record driver is given by means of two openings 36 in the side walls 23. These openings are of such size that a person may insert his forearms through them when standing in front of the machine, permitting movement of records to and from the driver 32. The openings 36, however, are sufficiently small to prohibit removal of any record through them.

The records, in both forms of the invention, are preferably given identifying numbers and the machine will conspicuously display a catalogue of the records, identifying them not only by name but by number, permitting easy location of any selected record. The record may be easily placed on the record driver by hand and the tone-arm moved to starting position by hand, and while rotation of said record driver may be controlled mechanism may be such as to rotate said driver 'sufficiently. long to play one or more records, as .desired.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with I the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that novel and advantageous provision has been made for attaining the desired end, and while preferences have been illustrated, attention is again invited to the possibility of making variations within the scope of the invention as claimed We claim:

1. Arecord player cabinet to accessibly confine a plurality of sound disk records and a record driver to which any of the records may be manually applied for playing, the cabinet being for use in a public place where members of the public are permitted to selectively play any of the records but are prevented from removing any of them from the cabinet, said cabinet comprising a casing having an unobstructed bottom member on which a plurality of disk records may be di rectly and fiat-wise supported adjacent a record driver to which records may be applied by hand, side members and end members, said bottom, side and end members all cooperating in forming an elongated upwardly open channel, said casing also including longitudinal top members projecting inwardly from said side members with the inner edges of the top members spaced apart suffi- 4 bers and the diagonally opposite lower corners of said elongated channel is less than the diameters of the disk records to be used in the cabinet, whereby such confined records may not be tilted to remove them from the casingthrough the space between said top members.

3. The structure of claim 2 in which said top members are transparent plates through which records and record driver, in said channel may be seen.

4. A record player cabinet to accessibly confine a plurality of sound disk records and a record driver to which any of the records may be manually applied for playing, the cabinet being for use in a public place where members of the public are permitted to selectively play any of the records but are prevented from removing any of them from the cabinet, said cabinet comprising a horizontal, rectangular casing including side members, end members and bottom members all cooperable in forming an elongated upwardly open channel in which may be positioned a plurality of disk records and a record driver to which records may be selectively applied by hand for playing, said channel being shallow vertically and or" less depth than the diameter of a disk record but having a horizontal width greater than the diameter of a disk record, the bottom of said channel being fiat and unobstructed to permit records to be directly supported fiat-wise thereon, disk records being shiftable by hand longitudinally in the channel fo application to adriver, and horizontal transparent top members on said casing and extending longitudinally thereof with their opposed inner edges spaced apart over said channel, the spacing of said top members being less than the diameter of a record but suiiicient to give access by hand to records and a driver in the channel, the distance between the spaced inner edges of said top membersand the diagonally opposite lower corners of said elongated channel being less than the diameters of disk records to be used in the casing, whereby records confined in said channel may not be removed from the latter through the space between said top members by tilting records from the horizontal.

JACK ROBINSON. EDGAR ROBINSON.

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